Marketplace: "U.S. tariffs aside, China's export business is booming"
by Mitchell Hartman
Plus, China isn’t competing so much on its low cost of production anymore, said Columbia Business School climate economist Gernot Wagner.
“China is no longer the cheapest for labor. China is the place for advanced manufacturing. Robotics is certainly something China dominates these days,” he said.
That used to be the U.S., Wagner said.
Quoted in: "U.S. tariffs aside, China's export business is booming" by Mitchell Hartman, Marketplace (14 January 2026)